#306737 - 01/02/200814:08Re: Will the plane fly?
[Re: wfaulk]
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Originally Posted By: wfaulk
Mythbusters did this in the most recent episode.
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Their experiment confirmed our conclusion: that it had little to no effect on the plane's takeoff.
The only problem I had with their tests is that they didn't replicate the circumstances. In their small and large-scale tests, the plane was not matching the speed of the belt, did it? Otherwise it wouldn't move forward relative to the ground until it took off, right?